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rhapsodist

[ rap-suh-dist ]

noun

  1. a person who rhapsodizes.
  2. (in ancient Greece) a person who recited epic poetry, especially professionally.


ˈ󲹱ǻ徱

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. a person who speaks or writes rhapsodies
  2. a person who speaks with extravagant enthusiasm
  3. ǰ󲹱ǻˈæəʊ (in ancient Greece) a professional reciter of poetry, esp of Homer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ󲹱ˈ徱پ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 󲹱ȴ·徱t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rhapsodist1

1640–50; < Greek 󲹱ō ( ó ) rhapsodist ( rhaps-, variant stem of áٱ𾱲 to stitch, + ( ŧ ) ode + -os noun suffix) + -ist
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Can we doubt that rhapsodist sang of such from earliest tribal times.

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Even there, it was multifaceted: a three-part program that showed Mr. Iyer as social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway.

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So, for instance, there was the noise band Wolf Eyes, the cello improviser Okkyung Lee, the grindcore group Napalm Death, the rapper Gunplay, the post-minimal piano rhapsodist Lubomyr Melnyk, the free-jazz trio the Thing, and the electronic musician Tim Hecker, presented in overlapping sets, in three different parts of a 50,000-square-foot former door-frame factory.

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Cranky Kaplan maybe the only scrotal rhapsodist with the mental reservoir of a cultural critic.

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It was necessary, of course, to divide the poem to be recited into parts, and to compel each contending rhapsodist to take the part assigned to him.

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